After handing out cigarettes to each of them, I said, "Uncles and aunts, you all probably know why I called you over tonight, right?"

“We know, but Yan Shan isn’t here. Who are we supposed to talk to? Are we really going to talk to you?” A middle-aged man sitting in the middle frowned at me and said, “Young man, it’s not that we look down on you, but we’re in business. For such a big matter, you should let Yan Shan come back and make the decision.”

I looked at the middle-aged man. If I wasn't mistaken, his name was Zhang Hailong. He ran a shop that specialized in selling paper money. Paper money is an important item in funerals, so his business was the best among these shop owners. Naturally, these shop owners regarded him as their leader.

“I really have to make the decision on this,” I said with a smile. “I told you before that I asked Uncle Shan to gather you all here for this meeting.”

"Uncle Shan should have been here, but something came up at the last minute, so it was just me."

"Then tell me, what do you want from us?" Zhang Hailong continued, "If you can't give us an answer, we don't have time to waste talking to a kid like you."

"Mr. Zhang, don't be in such a hurry," I said calmly.

"You know me?" Zhang Hailong was somewhat surprised.

I smiled slightly and said, "I have done a rough investigation of you all. I know your names and which shops you own."

"But don't worry, I didn't investigate anything else, and I don't have that ability."

"I just got a general understanding of everyone's basic information."

"This is also to make it easier to discuss future collaborations with everyone."

"Tell me about it," Zhang Hailong said, glancing at me.

Seeing this, I continued, "Since everyone has no questions, I'll get straight to the point."

I took out the materials I had prepared beforehand, handed out a copy to everyone, and then continued, "I hope that the funeral businesses on this street can be integrated."

"Mainly coffin shops..."

...

Half an hour later, I finished introducing the entire project.

Everyone started discussing it, and after a moment, Zhang Hailong spoke up: "How confident are you in doing this well?"

"And the dance troupe at the end of the street has already been acquired by the Gu family. How are you going to deal with that?"

"Or are you going to give up the dance troupe?"

"If that's the case, what will you do if the client needs help? If you hire someone temporarily, how will you cover the costs?"

I smiled slightly upon hearing Zhang Hailong's words.

It was expected that he would ask that question.

"I've already been to the Gu Family Song and Dance Troupe."

"I had a very pleasant conversation with their boss."

"The cooperation was already agreed upon before we even met."

"Currently, this project can be started as long as everyone is willing."

"The Gu family's dance troupe actually agreed?" Zhang Hailong looked at me with some disbelief. The other bosses also started discussing it. Obviously, they all knew about the Gu family, and in their eyes, the Gu family would never agree.

“If you don’t believe me, you can go and ask around and you’ll see.” I nodded and said, “If everyone feels there are no other problems, then we can sign the contract.”

"What's your name?" Zhang Hailong suddenly looked at me.

"Xu Ruo".

Zhang Hailong nodded, thought for a moment, and said, "It's not that we're unwilling to support you; to be honest, you did convince us. But this matter could be a big or small issue."

"Okay, we'll give you one month."

"If we don't see any results within a month, the cooperation will be void. If you can accept that, we'll get a new contract."

“Okay.” I nodded and took out the second contract that I had prepared beforehand.

All of this was exactly what I expected.